Tray-to tray recycling partnership agreement by AMB and recycler B. For Pet
AMB Spa, headquartered in northern Italy, is a leading international suppliers of sustainable solutions for rigid and flexible films and an innovator in recyclability. Strengthening the company’s sustainability position through its tray-to-tray recycling brand AMB TrayRevive, AMB has signed a partnership agreement after a period of collaboration with B. For Pet, a major Italian recycler. This collaboration means that post-consumer trays can be processed to produce rPET flake for the food packaging market.
Paolo Cescutti, Chief Procurement Officer, AMB, explains: “At AMB we have invested time and resources in our partnership with B. For Pet, working and testing intensively to develop the right material that delivers a true sustainable source of raw materials from post consumers trays. Meaning we can divert more away from landfill or incineration, by the end of this year we would diverted over 46 million trays”.
Remo Brusaferri, Commercial Director of B. For Pet, notes: “We are delighted to be extending our long-standing partnership with AMB, as B. For Pet is playing a critical role in pioneering closed-loop plastic recycling in Italy and we are pleased to support AMB in developing sustainable packaging solutions.”
Through the agreement, B. For Pet supplies rPET from post-consumer trays for use in manufacturing food-grade transparent film. The partnership will ensure higher tray recycled plastic content in AMB end products by utilising materials that up till now could not be used. Recycled materials will be provided to AMB in the form of PET flakes and will be sourced from the new recycling plant B. For Pet recently opened in Campolattaro (BN), Italy. Due to continuous research and development, the quality of the material gained has improved since the start of the project.
